There is plenty of good fishing to be found in Maryland this week and for those wishing to fish open waters and not owning a ...

BACK CREEK — Many longtime residents often lament how the region's rural landscape has changed over time, parts of it lost to development.

The survey estimates approximately 238 million crabs currently live in the Bay, a decline of about 80 million from last year's count.

Chesapeake Bay is at a turning point. Once severely polluted, the bay has seen major improvements in recent years. But ...

A bill before Congress should make it easier across the bay’s watershed to identify major sources of pollution that might ...

Blue Crab Advisory Report shows declining blue crab populations in the Chesapeake Bay, despite no significant overharvesting.

The Chesapeake Bay’s blue crab population has plummeted to 238 million in 2025, the second-lowest level since surveys began ...

Maryland's Chesapeake Bay is seeing a concerning drop in its population of blue crabs, ... The loss of critical crab habitat, such as underwater grasses, threatens the species.

Blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay have dropped to a “distressing low” number, experts say, marking several years of repeated declines and raising concern about their long-term health. The ...

'Dead zone' impacts Chesapeake Bay fishes Date: July 8, 2013 Source: Virginia Institute of Marine Science Summary: A 10-year study provides the first quantitative evidence on a bay-wide scale that ...

Following a strong 2024 numbers, the blue crab population in the Chesapeake Bay has fallen to the second-lowest number in recent history, according to a new report.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The health of the Chesapeake Bay declined in an annual report card on the nation's largest estuary released Tuesday, with scientists noting the effect of extreme rainfall ...